Betty
Infrastructure
self-hosted telephony
SHOW HN2015
91points
10comments
#287of 2,565 in 2015
Top 12%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice UI and covers common use cases
From 1 comment
While I was hoping to see something freeswitch-based when I clicked through, with how affordable Plivo and Twilio are, it really doesn't make much sense to try and run your own…
sologoub on HN
WebRTC calls supported from dashboard
From 1 comment
Already done :) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamyPesse/betty/master/public/images/preview.png
SamyPesse on HN
Objections
Title omits 'built on Twilio', so it reads as misleading
From 1 comment
> "Open source Google Voice" Which voice library does it use? I see a lot of Twilio references in the code. Beside that, the GitHub description reads "Open source Google Voice…
frik on HN
Submitted by someone who is not the author, against Show HN rules
From 1 comment
So the person who posted this as a "Show HN" isn't a contributor? That's not just bad form, that's a violation of the Show HN guidelines. It looks like the submitter has a…
sciurus on HN
Requests
Provide a live demo
From 1 comment
While I was hoping to see something freeswitch-based when I clicked through, with how affordable Plivo and Twilio are, it really doesn't make much sense to try and run your own…
sologoub on HN
Questions
Which voice library does it use?
From 1 comment
> "Open source Google Voice" Which voice library does it use? I see a lot of Twilio references in the code. Beside that, the GitHub description reads "Open source Google Voice…
frik on HN
Will WebRTC calls be supported from the web dashboard?
From 1 comment
Looks very interesting. Does it also, or are there any plans to support WebRTC calls directly from the Web Dashboard?
gingerlime on HN
Alternatives named
OpenVBX
From 1 comment
There's also OpenVBX http://www.openvbx.org/ that I have found very fun to use.
joshmn on HN